Bad Freshman Year of Highschool

Chance Me / Match Me!
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I started the year really over committing myself, without having basic study or organizational skills. And as of now I’m probably going to end the year with around a 4.3 GPA out of 5. However, over last two quarters I really figured out how to study and brought my grades up a lot. I think I can maintain As over both sophomore and junior years, but I’m not sure if this would offset my freshman year. In all honesty, would this upward trend make me eligible for top colleges, or am I already out of the running?

Thanks in Advance

  • (I think I'm on track to have pretty good ECs, if that means anything)
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Upward trends are a positive and some schools (like in CA) don’t even look at freshman year grades. Continue to work hard, challenge yourself, and do well on your standardized tests and you’ll be fine. Enjoy high school!